It sounds like Charter Communications and the SEC Network are close to a deal. The network, run by ESPN, will carry six SEC football games during the opening weekend, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, including South Carolina’s Aug. 28 opener against Texas A&M.

“We have an agreement that we are currently finalizing with ESPN and we will have the SEC network for its Aug. 14 launch,” Charter senior manager of communications Wes Shirley said.

DISH Network and AT&T U-verse already have deals in place for the new channel. No deal has been struck with DirecTV, although the sides are reportedly getting close to an agreement.